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Music : Rock : LosslessOn February 7, 1964,
The Beatles arrived at New York’s John F. Kennedy Airport, greeted by scores of screaming, swooning fans who rushed
the gate to catch a glimpse of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr as they took their first
steps on American soil. Two nights later, on Sunday, February 9, 73 million viewers in the U.S. and millions more in
Canada tuned in to CBS to watch The Beatles make their American television debut on ‘The Ed Sullivan Show.’ In what
remains one of the world’s top-viewed television events of all time, The Beatles performed five songs on the live
broadcast and ‘Beatlemania,’ already in full, feverish bloom in The Beatles’ native U.K., was unleashed with
blissful fervor across America and around the world. The British Invasion had begun.

The new 13 CD box set
THE U.S. ALBUMS commemorates the 50th anniversary of these history-making events, spanning 1964’s MEET THE BEATLES! to
1970’s HEY JUDE. The Beatles’ U.S. albums differed from the band’s U.K. albums in a variety of ways, including
different track lists, song mixes, album titles, and art. The box set includes the following titles:

These albums were originally issued between 1964 and 1970 by Capitol Records, Apple Records, and United
Artists in the United States. These new releases seek to replicate the unique listening experience heard by Americans at
the time by preserving the sequences, timings, and artwork found on the albums. Capitol’s engineers in the 1960s took
great care to produce what they believed to be the best possible sound for the playback equipment in use at that time.
Due to the limitations of the record players of the day, engineers often compressed the sound by raising the volume of
the softer passages and lowering the volume for the louder parts of the songs. They also reduced the bass frequencies
since too much bass could cause the record to skip. In some cases, reverb was added to the tracks to make them sound
more “American.” The CDs are packaged in miniature vinyl sleeves that faithfully recreate the original U.S. LP
releases down to the finest detail, including the inner sleeves. 11 original U.S. albums presented in both mono and
stereo. Hey Jude and The Beatles’ Story are in stereo only. A Hard Day’s Night [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack],
The Beatles’ Story, Yesterday And Today, Hey Jude and the U.S. version of Revolver are presented on CD for the first
time. Yesterday And Today features the original album cover of The Beatles posing with raw meat and baby dolls.